Elk River, Minnesota

Elk River population, 2020 to 2024

Elk River added 1,666 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +244. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Elk River is 1.9 times that size.

Elk River covers 42.33 square miles of land and 1.48 of water, for 652 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Elk River is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elk River is in

All of Elk River's residents live in Sherburne County, which had 103,059 residents in 2024. Elk River holds 26.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elk River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elk River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55330. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Elk River is

The Census internal point of Elk River is at 45.332200, -93.566500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 34.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ramsey, MN (28,999 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 29.3 miles away.

Daylight in Elk River

At 45.33° N, Elk River gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elk River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Otsego, 5.4 miles away, with 23,875 people.